How to Make a Bacon Lamp

This is my first Instructable, so bear with me. This 'ible shows how to turn a few waste products-a tuna can and bacon grease-into a useful mini bacon lamp!

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Step 1: Materials

-Tuna Can (empty)
-the lid (optional)
-Cotton rope
-scissors
-a pen (or something similar)
-bacon grease/fat

jjps says: Mar 17, 2012. 3:46 PM

Anything that involves bacon is an instant hit with me.

Lotsa Bad Luck in reply to jjpsMar 21, 2013. 12:45 PM

I agree... then we added metal and fire! Awesome!

ncoleman2 in reply to jjpsJun 6, 2012. 7:50 PM

Ditto!

jcaresheets says: Aug 6, 2012. 11:26 AM

Great work. I have been saving bacon fat int the freezer for a while now and think I have grease from somewhere around 6-8 pounds of bacon in there. I need to strain my grease through something though to make it cleaner. Plus when this candle is not in use should it be placed in the fridge or freezer so the grease does not go rancid?

juanangel says: Jul 25, 2012. 4:01 PM

To avoid having the wick drown use a posicle stick piece(1") or light wood. Drill a hole for the wick. Leave twice the wick lenght under the stick. If the stick sink use a larger one or less wick under. Depending of size of lampyou can add more wicks.

jhuang18 says: Jul 15, 2012. 3:53 PM

Isn't bacon fat smelly??
Great idea! I think we should make initiatives to collect animal fat from every household! so much fuel could be made !!! :D
Thanks

batonas says: Mar 17, 2012. 11:49 AM

I have a question. what happens when all the lard melts? the wick drowns or what?

wood is the word (author) in reply to batonasMar 22, 2012. 12:57 AM

I noticed this too. I'm currently trying to work out a solution for this. If you have some extra tea lights, you can just use the wick from that. They usually come with an attached base. Thanks for the comment!

meddler in reply to wood is the wordMar 30, 2012. 3:26 PM

Maybe you can use a wick stand like they do for olive oil lamps? There was another page somewhere where a guy cast a type of wick stand for a lard lamp from pewter. I mean once the lard hardens the stand should just sit in it and stay as the lard melts. Just a thought.

Idun says: Mar 17, 2012. 5:28 AM

Wow this is so great XD but won't it smell up the entire house? Maybe this would be a great thing to light up in the morning to wake up sleepy teenagers ;p

WhatWasIthinking says: Mar 16, 2012. 6:57 PM

Awesome

jeepguy says: Mar 15, 2012. 11:43 AM

Cool instructable!

mkdieb says: Mar 15, 2012. 11:42 AM

What a great Idea.Im going to try it!

caseyst says: Mar 15, 2012. 11:34 AM

Great instructable - but don't forget to use it for other things - light the candle whenever you need a touch of bacon flavor for a salad, popcorn, etc. Burn it long enough to have a little to pour on the food - instant bacon flavor! :) (and keep it stored in the fridge, bacon grease goes rancid after a while).